My brother, we are in that Renaissance right now. Lethal Company, Palworld, Balatro, Helldivers 2, Pacific Drive, Go Mecha Ball, etc. And we’re only 2 months in, let alone the insane amount of gold in 2023, and upcoming games like Hades 2 in 2024.
They’re forced to work 12+ hours a day, every day, if they want to get anywhere. I wonder where the time to find a partner and have children is supposed to come from?
A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday....
I wouldn’t say it’s a smokescreen, they’re pretty open about genocide, e.g. Netanyahu’s call to “finish the job”. I’d say that’s everything short of a direct call for literal genocide, given the context.
Based on his actions, not his empty words, he has made it quite clear there is no distinction between Hamas and women + children, they’re effectively the same at this point.
The staggering irony of them doing the very same thing the Nazis did to them to them less than 100 years ago, and then calling an allied country holding them to account for it Nazis, is mind blowing. There are still people alive today who were hunted by Nazis, what do they think, I wonder?
The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...
We have seen a growing tendency of toxicity in our community, something we have not experienced to this extent before," the CEO writes. “Not only directed towards our devs but also our fellow community members - resulting in people hesitating to engage with the community.”
Read through Steam, forum, etc. comments. The vast majority are not toxic, her statement is ridiculous. Customers are angry and we just want our damn money back for this fraud of a game. Instead of recognizing that and/or doing anything to take responsibility, CO has made enemies of literally hundreds of thousands of customers.
As time goes in, it’s clear that CO is too incompetent to fix the game in any reasonable time frame. The game is in Alpha/EA state right now at best. The list of broken things, and how incredibly broken they are, is nothing short of embarrassing. Someone needs to clean house, starting with removing their out of touch clown of a CEO and culling most of their “leadership.”
I’m waiting and hoping for a class action lawsuit for fraud and misrepresentation of the product.
I did buy it, to play with my friends. That’s where they get you, if you don’t have the latest version, shitty or not, you get left out of the new game modes. I’m still upset it cost me that much for this warmed over turd.
Screw It, Let’s Just Fire Everyone and Let Executives Make Their Own Games (www.thegamer.com)
With no staff around, executives will have nothing but their own gumption and an AI prompt to make video game masterpieces with
Birth rates fall to all-time lows in Japan and South Korea (www.telegraph.co.uk)
New Study Suggests Kids Are Now Experiencing Social Pressures to Buy In-Game Items (patrickklepek.substack.com)
Sinking ship hit by Houthi missile leaves 18-mile oil slick in Red Sea, US officials say (www.cnn.com)
A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday....
Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments (thecradle.co)
Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis...
China condemns US veto of call for immediate ceasefire at UN (www.bbc.com)
Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah (apnews.com)
The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...
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